Today we’re thrilled to announce that for the 11th consecutive year, Microsoft has been positioned as a leader in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.* And for the third year, Microsoft is positioned furthest to the right for completeness of vision within the Leaders quadrant.

Announcing the winner of the 2017 Power BI “Year in Review” data storytelling contest. With 37 entries and a close race, we’re happy to announce David Eldersveld, a data visualization and analytics consultant at BlueGranite and author of the DataVeld blog, too home the top prize for his story North Korea – “Handle With Care”. Read the full post to see David’s excellent entry and more.

In early March, more than 3,000 data and analytics leaders will gather in Grapevine, Texas for the 2018 Gartner Data and Analytics Summit. Microsoft is excited to sponsor this event and bring some of our best thought leaders and experts to meet with you to discuss how to drive data and analytics into the core of your business.